From buds to butter
We had an all-day rain Wednesday - perfect weather for turning my raw, home-grown marijuana buds into cannabutter.
It’s a simple, but time-consuming, process - 3 hours-plus from buds to butter.
This photo shows the first step - decarboxylation, which is the process of heating cannabis to convert its non-psychoactive compounds into active ones. I spread the buds out on a cookie sheet and heat it for an hour in a 240-degree oven.
I boil the de-carbed buds in a couple of quarts of water with 3/4 of a cup of butter (the amount I need for my oatmeal-raisin cookies). Then I strain the plant matter out of the mixture and put the pot of liquid in the fridge for 24 hours. The butter rises to the top and forms a solid crust.
On the next rainy day I’ll bake some cookies.
